ArmInfo. The members of the Armenian chess team congratulated the head of the Armenian Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan on his election to the post of prime  minister of Armenia and expressed their support to him.

ArmInfo. In the opening round of the contenders' tournament for the world chess crown, the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will meet with the representative of China Dean Lizhen. It became known after the results of the draw, reported the press service of the Armenian National Olympic Committee. . In the first round, the Armenian grandmaster will play with white figures. The remaining pairs of the first round look like this: Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) - Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Sergey Karyakin (Russia)- Shahriyar Mammadyarov (Azerbaijan), Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Wesley So(USA). The winner of the tournament will meet with Magnus Carlsen in a match for the title of world champion, which will be held in London from November 9 to 28.

ArmInfo. President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov believes that the style of the game of the new World Cup winner Levon Aronyan  reminds the style of the 9th world champion Tigran Petrosyan.

ArmInfo.The leader of the Armenian chess team Levon Aronyan became the two-time winner of the World Cup in chess. At the time-end of the final match in the World  Chess Cup held in Tbilisi, Aronian defeated the strongest chess  player from China, Din Lijen, following the results of two games on  fast chess -1.5: 0.5.

ArmInfo.Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scored a confident victory in the chess tournament in blitz and speed in St. Louis, gaining 24.5 points out of 36 possible.

ArmInfo.Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronyan defeated Cuban Lenier Dominguez in the fast chess game in the ninth round of the tournament in St. Louis, Missouri, and took  the lead in the tournament.Tournament position after nine rounds of  Rapid: Aronian - 12 points, Fabiano Caruana (USA) and Hikaru Nakamura  (USA) - 11, Jan Nepomnyashchy (Russia) - 10, Le Quang Lem (Vietnam),  Leniera Dominguez (Cuba), Sergey Karyakin (Russia) - 8, Viswanathan  Anand (India), Garry Kasparov (Russia), David Navara (Czech Republic)  - 7 each.

ArmInfo.Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian, after three games in Rapid with 4 points, became one of the leaders in the Grand Chess Tour? In St. Louis (USA). 

ArmInfo. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has all chances to play with 13th world champion Garry Kasparov within the framework of the fourth stage of the chess  tournament Grand Chess Tour, held August 14-19 in St. Louis (USA).

ArmInfo.The leader of the Armenian national chess team Levon Aronyan won the Super Tournament of Stavanger. So, in the 9th round Aronyan's opponent was Welsey So, and on the 59th move they divided the point.

ArmInfo. " Thanks to good will of both  parties, the new Framework agreement with EU does not derive from the  previous one much. The political  has no difference almost at all.  What is to economical, we should avoid contradictions with  our  liabilities related to EEU membership," Serzh Sargsyan, the President  of Armenia told Euronews channel, referring  to the new Framework  Agreement with EU. 

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ArmInfo. Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan is on the fifth position with 2795.6 points on the new rating of FIDE.